Abstract
A strong interlayer-exchange interaction is observed in short-repeat-distance CoO/NiO superlattices. This was investigated by measuring the exchange-anisotropy properties of superlattice CoO/NiO/ exchange couples and by examining NiO/CoO superlattices with neutron diffraction. Short-repeat-distance superlattices show a single ordering temperature which depends only on the [CoO]:[NiO] ratio. The magnetocrystalline anisotropy of the monoxide layers is strongly influenced by the interlayer coupling.
- Received 29 September 1992
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.47.9952
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